In the justice system: In AZ, Sheila McCarthy and Christina Hansen were charged with aggravated identification theft involving stealing personal information and credit card information from an employer and an unnamed hair salon’s customers. More. In VA, Karen Priscilla Jones has been charged with aggravated identity theft as well as other crimes for stealing the…
Category: U.S.
CA: Thieves Targeted Computers For Credit, Tax Data
CBS News reports that thieves with a master key stole scores of computers from approximately 60 out of 80 tenant businesses in the Chateau Office Building on Ventura Blvd. They estimate that at least 7,000 credit card numbers, 800 tax documents and other sensitive files were stolen. Unlike other thefts which are described as being…
VA: Personnel records from trucking company found in dumpster
Eric Harryman of WAVY reports that eight boxes with thousands of personnel records from Warrior Xpress trucking company were left in a dumpster. The documents included medical records, tax forms, voided checks and copied credit cards. Warrior Xpress had been bought by Celadon Trucking, who told WAVY, “For those who met our hiring criteria, we…
Feds: NYC Employee Stole Credit Card Info
The North Country Gazette reports that Evelyne Miracle, a former employee of the New York City Office of Vital Records has been arrested for stealing the credit card information of those who used credit cards to pay for copies of their birth certificates. The number of people victimized was not reported.
AZ: Couple: ID Thief Terrorized Us
KPHO in Arizona reports that Dominic Barnhill, a former military intelligence analyst, has been arrested on identity theft charges. Dominic Barnhill, who received nine honors when he was in the military, stole more than 100 identities, and kept detailed records on each of his victims with stolen mail, credit reports, credit cards and, in some…
Ex-Fed Employee, Brother Arrested In Identity Theft Scheme
From Chad Bray of Dow Jones Business News comes word that Curtis L. Wiltshire, a former information/technical analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Kenneth Wiltshire, his brother, were arrested in an alleged identity theft scheme: According to the charging document, Curtis Wiltshire had access to computer files containing personal information about…